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Facing a crushing pension obligation problem, Mayor Villaraigosa tries to save the city's future by suggesting a mild reform of pension outlays for future police and firefighter hires.
The city of Maywood, south of downtown L.A., will lose all of its paid employees beyond elected officials and contract out all city services to other local governments, after being crushed by budget deficits and an inability to buy insurance.
Los Angeles has spent $74 million building a new jail--that we can't afford to use.
In the search for savings, an appointed committee has suggested putting a freeze on all hiring at LAPD. The proposal will be brought to a vote later this week.
As police raids continued, City Council approved a highly restrictive ordinance on pot dispensaries. But pro-marijuana activists are coming back with a legalization initiative.
New revelations of surprise money shortfalls hit L.A., but among the plans for outsourcing and cutting, Mayor Villaraigosa remains committed to hiring more police.
Demanding financial disclosure is making it hard for the LAPD to fill the slots in their gang detail department.
Crime in downtown L.A. continues to drop--a little--from its 2007 highs, with the credit going to downtown businesses and the police's emphasis on "quality of life" enforcement.
New Police Chief Beck moves his two top contenders for LAPD head around--one up, one down--and otherwise establishes his mark on his new post, and on the city.
Police chiefs might not usually need to win over the public, but Charlie Beck will attempt to do just that after it surfaced that his election was the result of a mayoral power play.
Deputy Chief Charlie Beck moves into the top spot at LAPD, unsurprisingly--but the decision to name him wasn't as simple as some expected.
Police Chief Bratton finally leaves L.A. for New York, amid recriminations over police hiring and the actual use of a trash fee hike that citizens believed was meant to hire new cops.